Isaiah 21:15

15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, From the bent bow, and from the distress of war.

Isaiah 21:15 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 21:15

For they fled from the swords
Of their enemy, whom they could not withstand; perhaps the Assyrian army: from the drawn sword;
just ready to be sheathed in them: and from the bent bow;
just going to let the arrow fly at them: and from the grievousness of war:
too heavy for them to bear.

Isaiah 21:15 In-Context

13 The burden against Arabia. In the forest in Arabia you will lodge, O you traveling companies of Dedanites.

14 O inhabitants of the land of Tema, Bring water to him who is thirsty; With their bread they met him who fled.

15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, From the bent bow, and from the distress of war.

16 For thus the Lord has said to me: "Within a year, according to the year of a hired man, all the glory of Kedar will fail;

17 and the remainder of the number of archers, the mighty men of the people of Kedar, will be diminished; for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it."